1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/check b/check
index 549725eb..71b9fbd0 100755
--- a/check
+++ b/check
@@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ _expunge_test()
 	local TEST_ID="$1"
 
 	for f in "${exclude_tests[@]}"; do
-		if [ "${TEST_ID}" == "$f" ]; then
+		# $f may contain traling spaces and comments
+		local id_regex="^${TEST_ID}\b"
+		if [[ "$f" =~ ${id_regex} ]]; then
 			echo "       [expunged]"
 			return 0
 		fi